Abstract
Myiasis, the infestation of living or dead tissue of vertebrates by larvae (maggots) of dipterous flies, is well-known in the medical field. Different parts of the human body, such as skin, oral, nasal, urogenital are affected and named accordingly. The present study was a clinic-entomological study where the women having vulvo-vaginal myiasis were included. Maggots were collected, cultured, and adult flies were identified. A total of 34 cases of vulvo-vaginal myiasis were treated. The larvae of 29 cases were cultured into adults. Most of the women are rural (94%), illiterate and from a low socioeconomic society. The authors specified the infested sites of vulva and vagina such as vaginal, labia, clitoris, episiotomy wound, vulval growth, and prolapsed uterus. The episiotomy wound (32%) is the most common infestation site, followed by the vagina (26%). Chrysomya bezziana (76%) and Chrysomya megacephala (24%) are the identified flies. Illiterate, rural puerperal mothers of low socioeconomic status without proper health education and basic hygiene knowledge are vulnerable to myiasis.
Highlights
Myiasis is a zoonotic disease in which larvae of the dipterous fly infest humans and vertebrates' dead or healthy tissue (Smith, 1986; Robbins and Khachemoune, 2010)
Human myiasis is of great veterinary importance but most health care professionals often consider myiasis as a minor clinical entity and report intermittently, limiting clinical details and patient characteristics in the academic field (Robbins and Khachemoune, 2010)
A total of 34 women were from rural areas between 15 and 50 years of age and from low socioeconomic status, having poor hygiene and low literacy levels (Table 1)
Summary
Myiasis is a zoonotic disease in which larvae (maggots) of the dipterous fly infest humans and vertebrates' dead or healthy tissue (Smith, 1986; Robbins and Khachemoune, 2010). Human myiasis is of great veterinary importance but most health care professionals often consider myiasis as a minor clinical entity and report intermittently, limiting clinical details and patient characteristics in the academic field (Robbins and Khachemoune, 2010). It is relatively less studied and the data up to species level identification is often unavailable on human myiasis. Received in revised form: 09 Aug 2021. The journal will continue to appear quarterly, as before, with four annual numbers
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